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Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo, on the Miljacka river.
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Neighbouring countries
Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro.
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Two entities
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, plus the self-governing Brčko District.
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Constituent peoples
Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs.
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Members of the Presidency
Three, one from each constituent people, with a chair that rotates every eight months.
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Cantons in the Federation
Ten.
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Peace agreement of 1995
The Dayton Agreement, which also contains the constitution as Annex 4.
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Currency
The convertible mark (KM).
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Highest mountain
Maglić, about 2,386 metres, on the border with Montenegro.
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River that gives the country its name
The Bosna, a tributary of the Sava.
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River through Mostar
The Neretva, which flows to the Adriatic Sea.
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Only coastal town
Neum, on a short strip of the Adriatic coast.
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Mountains of the 1984 Winter Olympics near Sarajevo
Bjelašnica and Jahorina, among others.
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Primeval forest in Sutjeska National Park
Perućica, one of the last primeval forests in Europe.
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Medieval king crowned in 1377
Tvrtko I Kotromanić.
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Empire that ruled Bosnia until 1878
The Ottoman Empire.
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Congress that gave Bosnia to Austria-Hungary to administer
The Congress of Berlin, 1878.
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Annexation of Bosnia by Austria-Hungary
1908.
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Event in Sarajevo in 1914
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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Site of the second AVNOJ session in 1943
Jajce.
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Nobel laureate in Literature, 1961
Ivo Andrić, author of The Bridge on the Drina.
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UNESCO site in Mostar
The Old Bridge area (Stari Most).
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UNESCO site on the Drina
The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad.
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Medieval tombstones on the World Heritage List
Stećci, inscribed in 2016.
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Grilled minced-meat dish in flatbread
Ćevapi.
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EU status granted in December 2022
Candidate country.

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